Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

In this photo, I wanted to explore the delicacy of paper. By wrecking and essentially ruining the paper the photo not only shows how delicate it actually is, but also the many variations and ways one may break something. Along with each exhibit of ruined paper is the "weapon of choice" used in the process. I feel though this photo focuses on paper, as the title suggests, the idea of the way we as humans ruin delicate things (physically and mentally) can be applied in our daily lives.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Poetry Perseverance

The past two weeks I have been writing poetry I plan on presenting for the final Passion Project Presentation. There's no doubt poetry is both a blessing and a curse. But I feel you have better appreciation when you have to work for it. Throughout these two weeks I have been working on one of my poems titled, Boys. It focuses on the negative stereotypes that supposedly define us boys. Right now I'm juggling between the lines, tone of voice, rhythm, and performance. But that's why I love spoken word! It's more than a poem on a page. You are storyteller and the story takes life right in front of you during your performance.

Over the next couple of weeks I plan to step back from the poem to regroup myself and take observations. Actually live the poem so to speak. For now, I will be emailing and interviewing fellow poets asking their take on spoken word poetry. I might also ask some of you guys for your opinion on poetry and storytelling as a whole.